Lithuanian Research Books Metadata from Annual Assessments, 2008-2020

5,199 books submitted by Lithuanian universities and research institutions for state funding evaluations between 2008 and 2020. The dataset includes ISBNs and metadata such as publisher types, publication years, and scientific fields, compiled by Eleonora Dagienė of Leiden University. Data was gathered from the Global Register of Publishers and is described in a 2023 preprint.

Use Cases

• Analyzing publisher concentration and types for Lithuanian academic books based on the 'primary_occupations_main' and 'primary_occupations_detailed' fields.
• Tracking trends in scientific output across fields like 'natural sciences' and 'humanities' over the 2008-2020 period.
• Mapping the international publishing footprint of Lithuanian researchers using the 'country' field, which lists 53 issuing countries.
• Comparing the prevalence of 'edited volumes' versus 'authored books' submitted for research assessment.

Strengths

• Covers 5,199 books over a 13-year period (2008-2020), providing longitudinal scope.
• Includes detailed publisher categorization with fields like 'primary_occupations_detailed'.
• Links to a scholarly preprint explaining the dataset's creation methodology.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Global Register of Publishers (ISBN International) and submissions from Lithuanian research institutions.

Collection Method

ISBNs and metadata were gathered from the Global Register of Publishers for books submitted to annual Lithuanian research assessments.

Time Range

2008-2020

Geography

Lithuania (submitting institutions), with books issued in 53 countries worldwide.